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Saint Petersburg, National Library of Russia, fr. F v XV 2

[Part 1]

General information

Folios233
Folio notes:Several folios lost prior to foliation.
LanguageLanguage object (3)
Approx. date?1350 to 1399
Date notes'Date de la fin du XIVe ou du tout début du XVe siècle' (Baumgartner 1975, 74); 'XIVe siècle' (Ménard 1987, IV:12).
Place(s) of production
First words of second recto folio
First words of last recto folio
Incipit[f. 1ra] EN ceste partie / dist li contes / que quant sa / gremors li des / reez (et) keux li / seneschaux fu / rent descenduz / en lostel
Explicit[f. 233vb] Lors commence a souffrír / mes Palamedes quí bien sa par / cut que il le vouloit deceuoir se / traist vn pou enssus . et dist . Cor- / ssabrín . aton semblant . voi íe b(ie)n / que tu as moult grant mestíer /

Material

Material:Material object (4)
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Structure

Collation:
Quire structure:Mostly quaternions.
Quire marks:MSQuiremarkDisposition object (9)
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Catchword disposition:MSCatchwordDisposition object (4)

Physical description

No. of illustrations:1
General illustration:One miniature at the beginning of the volume on f. 1ra (height: c. 14 lines).
General decoration:Chapters are marked by decorated or historiated initials (height: 8 to 10 lines, mostly 8), sometimes extending to form partial bar borders. Paragraphs begin with champie initials (height: 2 lines). Litterae elongatae.
Evidence of readership:Pen and ink sketch of Tristan in the outer margin of f. 14r. Sporadic marginal notes in a 15th-c. hand, summarising events. There is a nota mark on f. 151rb beside 'AMours fait il engrant doulor / et en grant trauuaill . et en / grant peínne . et en grant mesai- / se me faites mon cors trauueillíer / et user'.
Foliations description:Modern numbering in ink in the upper right corner of recto sides. There is also incomplete modern numbering centred in the lower margin of some recto sides.

Mise en page

Description 1
Page sampledf. 72r
LayoutMSLayout object (3)
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Columns2
mm between columns
Column ruling present
Lines45
Line ruling present
Rubrication
Writing above top line?False
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